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I had the opportunity to attend this thought provoking discussion at Buzz2010 today. All about the growing place for social media and how we can leverage these tools effectively in our organizations. Follow the conversations at http://www.buzz2010.org/blog/

Increasingly, more folks are flocking to social networking sites to share their information, whereabouts, interests, and day-to-day musings. What does this really mean? An interesting article appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Monday suggesting a new fate for email? As these authors contend, more individuals are using Facebook and Twitter to communicate with friends Read More…

This is day two at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2009 conference where cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch delivered a thought provoking opening feature session. Dr. Wesch teaches a New Literacy Class at Kansas State University. He first shared his experimentation with using a NetVibes customized portal for his class which included front page locations for Facebook, Read More…

As I prepared for our technology component of the staff retreat next week, I sent out a request through my twitter account asking for help. The question posed, “does anyone know of a comparison chart on web 2.0 technologies?”. For many of my colleagues, as I suspect others, this is an overwhelming topic and full Read More…

In her opening keynote at the VDOE Technology Leadership Conference in Roanoke, VA, Dr. Idit Harel Caperton shared her vision for why social media is important for students. Dr. Caperton is president of the World Wide Workshop Foundation and creator of successful projects such as MaMaMedia.com and Globaloria. As she noted, “we need to get Read More…